Ship Details

Mamie (II)

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Registry #1 090807 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1887 Mamie (II) Name 6
Name 2 1904 Shamrock (I) Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1887 Place New Westminster Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer Mitchell, John (Seattle WA) Measurement (imp) 76.0' x 19.0' x 7.0'
Builder Leamy, James & ? Kyle Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Wood Displacement 90
Gross Tonnage 89.6 Type 1 Tug
Registered Tonnage 61 Type 2
Engine 90hp steam engine (1897) Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Repowered with triple compound steam engine (1918) Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain Edward C. Bridgeman (1887); Captain Henry Smith (1897); Captain Newcombe (1905); Captain William R. McNeill; Captain E.S. Hicks (1926); Captain D. Heritage (1908); Captain Harry Robson Jones;
 
Owner(s)
In 1887 she was owned by James Leamy, New Westminster BC. In 1895-1896 she was owned by George Cassady & Co. Ltd. In 1898-1901 she was owned by the Victoria Canning Co. of B.C. Ltd., Victoria BC. In 1903-1904 she was owned by Packers Steamship Co., Vancouver BC. In 1904-1910 she was owned by James Emerson Lumber Co., Vancouver BC. In 1913 she was owned by Count Otto von Alvensleben, V ancouver BC. In 1914-1915 she was owned by Vancouver Timber & Trading Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1917 she was owned by the British Columbia Minister of Lands, Victoria BC. In 1918 she was owned by Albert Berquist, Vancouver BC. In 1918-1919 she was owned by Mrs. William Whalen & George Challeneger, Vancouver BC. In 1921 she was owned by Standard Towing Co. Ltd., Vancouver BC. In 1922-1926 she was owned by Greer Coyle & Associates Towing Co., Vancouver BC.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1926-12-08
 
Named Features Mamie Rock (BC)
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
This vessel was said to have been the first steamer built at New Westminster BC. On January 20; 1896 this vessel was mortgaged by Jonathan Miller (Postmaster of Vancouver BC). As the Mamie this vesselstruck Mamie Rock in September 1897 while travelling, under the command of Captain Henry Smith, from Quascilla Bay to Rivers Inlet with a cargo of fresh salmon. On July 25, 1908 while under command of Captain D. Heritage this vessel was towing logs from Nanoose when her tail shaft broke. The crew stuffed rags into the gland and the tug Daring towed her to Nanaimo for repairs. On December 08, 1926 this vessel was struck Bear Rock at the end of Malaspina Strait late at night while en route to Bute Inlet to pick up a tow of logs. The Captain, E.S. Hicks, and his crew of eight evacuated to Bear Rock when the tug filled with water and sank. Three men rowed to Lund where the tug Achates was alerted to the plight of the crew.
 
References
Canada List of Shipping (1898); Walbran, Captain John T. (1909); Transportation Safety Board of Canada (1993); List of Shipping Casualties Resulting in Total Loss in British Columbia and Coastal Waters Since 1897 (undated manuscript document); Wilson, Hill (2005) The Marine Pilots of Canada's West Coast; http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11871/194?r=0&s=3 ; Vancouver Sun (Vancouver BC) Saturday December 11, 1926 page 1;
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